We are really sorry we could not empty your bin(s) on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (11-13 December) due to the slippery and icy conditions.

If we have missed your bin(s) this week, please leave them out and we'll do our best to empty them later this week and into next week. We will also take away any side waste left by your bin.

We will assess conditions first thing tomorrow (Thursday) morning, and will hopefully start with Monday's missed rounds. Our first priority will be to collect any missed blue or black bins. Missed brown bins will be collected in the new year.

Once again we are sorry for the inconvenience and would like to thank all our residents for their patience and understanding.

All our leisure centres are open as normal today

All of our leisure centres are open as normal today (Wednesday 13 December). This includes Burntwood Leisure Centre, Friary Grange Leisure Centre and King Edward VI Leisure Centre.

Gritting – find out more at www.staffordshire.gov.uk

Our partners Staffordshire County Council are responsible for gritting local roads and streets. To find out more visit www.staffordshire.gov.uk

New garden waste service - sign up from 15 December 2017

You can sign up to our new garden waste service from 15 December 2017. Visit www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/mygardenbin to find out more and register to receive an email when the sign-up form goes live. Thank you.

Home composting

Making your garden beautiful is even easier when you use a compost bin! As well as being a great way to get rid of kitchen scraps, compost bins make fantastic, great value, soil improver for your garden, and getting started composting is cheap too, thanks to our partnership with getcomposting.com. As well as great value compost bins, you can also order subsidised water butts, kitchen caddies and even kitchen composters.

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